Gunther Willinger
@guntwill.bsky.social
science journalist, nature photographer, biologist and arborist - focus on forests, wildlife, conservation and agriculture - based in Germany
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agree!
Bitte lesen.
Ist sehr relevant.
Bitte lesen.
Ist sehr relevant.
"Polykrise" ist überall.
Davos redet darüber. Medien schreiben darüber. Politiker warnen davor.
"Wir leben in beispiellosen Zeiten."
"Noch nie war alles so verflochten."
"Die größte Herausforderung unserer Generation."
Aber stimmt das?
Thread. 🧵
Davos redet darüber. Medien schreiben darüber. Politiker warnen davor.
"Wir leben in beispiellosen Zeiten."
"Noch nie war alles so verflochten."
"Die größte Herausforderung unserer Generation."
Aber stimmt das?
Thread. 🧵
Es gibt überhaupt keine Polykrise.
Das ist komplett erfunden.
Es gibt nur eine einzige Krise: die der Medien.
Würden die funktionieren hätten wir eine realistische Sicht auf die Welt.
Desto früher wir uns klar machen das ALLE kommerz. Medien lügen müssen, desto eher kommen wir aus der Psychose.
Das ist komplett erfunden.
Es gibt nur eine einzige Krise: die der Medien.
Würden die funktionieren hätten wir eine realistische Sicht auf die Welt.
Desto früher wir uns klar machen das ALLE kommerz. Medien lügen müssen, desto eher kommen wir aus der Psychose.
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
agree!
Bitte lesen.
Ist sehr relevant.
Bitte lesen.
Ist sehr relevant.
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Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the moa...
phys.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind. Introduction by Dina Nayeri
Abbas Gurain Hubaish Alammary and his daughter, Fatima, in Iraq. Drought forced them to move from the Sinaf marshes to a nearby settlement
“The water has turned salty and the marshes are dry. In the past, there was fishing, there was life, but all that is gone."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“The water has turned salty and the marshes are dry. In the past, there was fishing, there was life, but all that is gone."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind. Introduction by Dina Nayeri
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Planetary citizens — us — cannot afford to lose these services
Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Planetary citizens — us — cannot afford to lose these services
In spite of the recovery of some populations in North America and Europe, researchers list plenty of good reasons, why the Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus, should not be downlisted from CITES Appendix I two Appendix II. #conservation #Wanderfalke #falcon #wildlifetrade #CITES ogy.de/1109
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In spite of the recovery of some populations in North America and Europe, researchers list plenty of good reasons, why the Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus, should not be downlisted from CITES Appendix I two Appendix II. #conservation #Wanderfalke #falcon #wildlifetrade #CITES ogy.de/1109
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In an alternate universe, I am an epidemiologist. What can we learn about animal burrows when we train cameras on them? Who visits them? Many curious animals and, well, that could be worrisome: www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur... 🧪🦤🌍 #conservation #biodiversity
Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic - bioGraphic
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.
www.biographic.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In an alternate universe, I am an epidemiologist. What can we learn about animal burrows when we train cameras on them? Who visits them? Many curious animals and, well, that could be worrisome: www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur... 🧪🦤🌍 #conservation #biodiversity
CITES needs a reform - besides, I can´t think of any good reason why commercial international wildlife trade should be legal in the first place.
CITES, an international body governing the trade of endangered species, is meeting this week to decide which species get protection.
But how do they decide, and what gets left behind?
www.biographic.com/triaging-the...
But how do they decide, and what gets left behind?
www.biographic.com/triaging-the...
Triaging the Global Wildlife Trade - bioGraphic
Can we take a more systematic approach to protecting endangered species from international trade?
www.biographic.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
CITES needs a reform - besides, I can´t think of any good reason why commercial international wildlife trade should be legal in the first place.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Der rechte Machtblock (die #Arschlochgesellschaft) mag auch keine Wälder schützen:
"EVP stimmt erneut mit extrem rechts: Mit Unterstützung rechtsextremer Fraktionen hat das Europaparlament die Umsetzung eines Gesetzes gegen Entwaldung verschoben."
"EVP stimmt erneut mit extrem rechts: Mit Unterstützung rechtsextremer Fraktionen hat das Europaparlament die Umsetzung eines Gesetzes gegen Entwaldung verschoben."
Europäische Volkspartei stimmt mit den Rechten, um das Abholzungsgesetz zu verschieben
Mit Unterstützung der rechten und rechtsextremen Fraktionen: Das Europaparlament hat die Umsetzung eines Gesetzes gegen Entwaldung verschoben. Der politische Streit über entwaldungsfreie Lieferketten ...
www.spiegel.de
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Der rechte Machtblock (die #Arschlochgesellschaft) mag auch keine Wälder schützen:
"EVP stimmt erneut mit extrem rechts: Mit Unterstützung rechtsextremer Fraktionen hat das Europaparlament die Umsetzung eines Gesetzes gegen Entwaldung verschoben."
"EVP stimmt erneut mit extrem rechts: Mit Unterstützung rechtsextremer Fraktionen hat das Europaparlament die Umsetzung eines Gesetzes gegen Entwaldung verschoben."
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In Kürze soll in Gießen die Jugendorganisation der als gesichert rechtsextremistisch eingestuften AfD gegründet werden, weil deren Vorgängerin als gesichert rechtsextremistisch eingeordnet wurde.
Das designierte Logo erinnert an den NSDAP-Parteiadler.
Was sollte da schon schiefgehen... 🤔
Das designierte Logo erinnert an den NSDAP-Parteiadler.
Was sollte da schon schiefgehen... 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In Kürze soll in Gießen die Jugendorganisation der als gesichert rechtsextremistisch eingestuften AfD gegründet werden, weil deren Vorgängerin als gesichert rechtsextremistisch eingeordnet wurde.
Das designierte Logo erinnert an den NSDAP-Parteiadler.
Was sollte da schon schiefgehen... 🤔
Das designierte Logo erinnert an den NSDAP-Parteiadler.
Was sollte da schon schiefgehen... 🤔
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#Termite mounds are climate control marvels, maintaining stable temperatures and ventilation naturally. This new #JRSocInterface review explores how X-ray tomography and fluid simulations deepen our understanding of these structures: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#Termite mounds are climate control marvels, maintaining stable temperatures and ventilation naturally. This new #JRSocInterface review explores how X-ray tomography and fluid simulations deepen our understanding of these structures: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Did you know that royal termite pairs can survive for several decades? And that there are termite colonies right in the center of Prague, numbering in the tens of thousands? 👀
More in our feature on bugs, published in this year’s English issue of our A / Magazine ➡️ www.avcr.cz/en/news-arch...
More in our feature on bugs, published in this year’s English issue of our A / Magazine ➡️ www.avcr.cz/en/news-arch...
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Scientists discover a hidden deep sea hotspot bursting with life
Scientists discover a hidden deep sea hotspot bursting with life
Beneath the waters off Papua New Guinea lies an extraordinary deep-sea environment where scorching hydrothermal vents and cool methane seeps coexist side by side — a pairing never before seen. This…
www.sciencedaily.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Scientists discover a hidden deep sea hotspot bursting with life
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If you _do_ want to know the true science on the environmental consequences of offshore wind development, we did a story based on two different systematic reviews, plus a bunch of other studies, in this piece:
hakaimagazine.com/news/offshor...
hakaimagazine.com/news/offshor...
Environmentally, Offshore Wind Is … Fine | Hakai Magazine
How often can you say that about an energy generation system?
hakaimagazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you _do_ want to know the true science on the environmental consequences of offshore wind development, we did a story based on two different systematic reviews, plus a bunch of other studies, in this piece:
hakaimagazine.com/news/offshor...
hakaimagazine.com/news/offshor...
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A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Wann gibt es bei der @szde.bsky.social unter dem Teilen-Button endlich auch einen Schmetterling?! - Wenn es den gäbe, hätte ich dieses interessante Interview geteilt 🙃 www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/i...
Nikolas Stihl: „Das ganze Wirtschaftsprogramm der AfD ist völliger Blödsinn“
Der Aufsichtsratschef des Motorsägen-Herstellers Stihl warnt vor der AfD. Im Gespräch erklärt er, was er von der Bundesregierung fordert.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Wann gibt es bei der @szde.bsky.social unter dem Teilen-Button endlich auch einen Schmetterling?! - Wenn es den gäbe, hätte ich dieses interessante Interview geteilt 🙃 www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/i...
Gut, günstig und zerstörerisch: EDEKA-Margarine mit #Palmöl aus Guatemala auf Kosten von Natur und Menschenrechten: www.foodwatch.org/de/edeka-tae...
Was wurde daraus!? @foodwatchde.bsky.social
Was wurde daraus!? @foodwatchde.bsky.social
Edeka täuscht mit Palmöl-Siegel
Edeka bewirbt Produkte von Gut&Günstig mit einem Siegel für nachhaltiges Palmöl, obwohl es bei deren Herstellung offenbar zu schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen und Umweltzerstörungen kommt.
www.foodwatch.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Gut, günstig und zerstörerisch: EDEKA-Margarine mit #Palmöl aus Guatemala auf Kosten von Natur und Menschenrechten: www.foodwatch.org/de/edeka-tae...
Was wurde daraus!? @foodwatchde.bsky.social
Was wurde daraus!? @foodwatchde.bsky.social
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Bürger_innenräte geben häufig Impulse für Gerechtigkeit und moderne Politik. Dass Klöckner davon nichts hält, überrascht nicht. Sie passen nicht zum rechtsautoritären Kurs und könnten zeigen, dass die Gesellschaft nicht so konservativ ist, wie oft behauptet wird. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Bürgerräte im Bundestag: Bundestagsverwaltung löst Stabsstelle für Bürgerräte auf
Die Ampelregierung hatte den ersten Bürgerrat ins Leben gerufen, Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner hielt von der Idee wenig. Die SPD will dennoch daran festhalten.
www.zeit.de
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Bürger_innenräte geben häufig Impulse für Gerechtigkeit und moderne Politik. Dass Klöckner davon nichts hält, überrascht nicht. Sie passen nicht zum rechtsautoritären Kurs und könnten zeigen, dass die Gesellschaft nicht so konservativ ist, wie oft behauptet wird. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Nice! Looks like it also swallowed something that looks like a Sorbus spp - fruit. Do you know, what it was feeding on?
A backyard cedar waxwing. A small group posed in the pre-dawn light right outside my upstairs window. This individual was showing off its arrowhead-shape tongue.
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5600, f6.3, 1/400s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5600, f6.3, 1/400s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Nice! Looks like it also swallowed something that looks like a Sorbus spp - fruit. Do you know, what it was feeding on?
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For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
The Scourge of Native Oaks is Blowing in the Wind
Scientists and conservationists in the U.S. Midwest are working to stop herbicides from industrial agriculture from drifting onto the region’s remaining hardwood trees
www.biographic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
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Africa's hornbills are in serious trouble, but all is not lost
My latest for @yalee360.bsky.social
#birds #conservation #Africa
e360.yale.edu/features/afr...
My latest for @yalee360.bsky.social
#birds #conservation #Africa
e360.yale.edu/features/afr...
A Troubling Rise in the Grisly Trade of a Spectacular African Bird
Researchers are finding a disturbing uptick in the trade of African hornbills and their body parts in West African voodoo markets and globally on the internet. Conservationists want international prot...
e360.yale.edu
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Africa's hornbills are in serious trouble, but all is not lost
My latest for @yalee360.bsky.social
#birds #conservation #Africa
e360.yale.edu/features/afr...
My latest for @yalee360.bsky.social
#birds #conservation #Africa
e360.yale.edu/features/afr...
Hornbills of the world: Unite against trafficking! Wildlife trade on the internet should be completely banned. There is no reason whatsoever why anybody should earn money dealing wild animals on the internet. Such a deadly business for many (rare) species globally ☠️🦜🐒🦎. e360.yale.edu/features/afr...
A Troubling Rise in the Grisly Trade of a Spectacular African Bird
Researchers are finding a disturbing uptick in the trade of African hornbills and their body parts in West African voodoo markets and globally on the internet. Conservationists want international prot...
e360.yale.edu
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hornbills of the world: Unite against trafficking! Wildlife trade on the internet should be completely banned. There is no reason whatsoever why anybody should earn money dealing wild animals on the internet. Such a deadly business for many (rare) species globally ☠️🦜🐒🦎. e360.yale.edu/features/afr...